Your Assessment Went Up. Your Tax Bill Hasn’t—Yet.
A higher property assessment can feel like a bill arriving before breakfast, but the two are not the same thing. An assessment is the value the county uses in the tax formula;...
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In the News
Curated daily roundup of real estate market news affecting Chicagoland buyers and sellers, with commentary from Team Goddard.
Bartlett Has 82 Homes for Sale. Two Are Under $300,000.
Here is the number that explains the Chicagoland affordability conversation better than any headline: this morning there are 82 active residential listings in Bartlett, and exactly two of them are priced under...
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Your Renovation Budget Just Shrank by $5,000. Here Is Where to Put What Is Left.
The median homeowner planning a project this year budgeted $15,000. Last year that number was $20,000. Same ambitions, a quarter less money. That's the finding buried in the 2026 Houzz & Home...
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Brand-New Homes Near Bartlett Are Smaller, Farther Out, and Mostly Townhomes
Drive Route 59 through Bartlett and it's easy to believe the builders are everywhere. The framing crews, the model-home flags, the fresh sod laid in perfect rectangles. But zoom out to the...
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What a Street Festival Tells You About a Neighborhood (That a Listing Never Will)
Last Saturday, downtown Elgin threw a party. La Fiesta de Elgin kicked off with an 11 a.m. car caravan through downtown, then took over Festival Park from 4:30 to 10 p.m. with...
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DuPage Just Broke From the Pack: More Listings, Higher Prices, and a 1-in-4 Price Cut Rate
Here's a sentence that shouldn't be true: DuPage County added 11% more homes for sale over the past year and prices still went up nearly 5%. Usually more supply means softer prices....
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Tapping Your Home Equity? A Lump Sum and a Credit Line Are Not the Same Tool
Somewhere in Bartlett right now, a homeowner is standing in a 2004 kitchen, staring at oak cabinets and doing math. They've got plenty of equity. They don't want to touch their mortgage....
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The Deep Tunnel Filled Up This Summer. Here’s What Flood Plains Mean for Your Suburban Home
Here's a number worth sitting with: this July, the Thornton reservoir, one of the giant stormwater holding tanks under the Chicago area, hit 94% of its 7.4-billion-gallon capacity. That's the fullest it...
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Illinois Has $15,000 With Your Name On It. Most Buyers Never Ask.
There is a state program that will hand an Illinois homebuyer up to $15,000 toward a down payment, charge zero interest on it, and not ask for a single monthly payment until...
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What a Chicagoland Inspector Actually Writes Down (And Which Flags Should Scare You)
There is a moment in every home inspection where the inspector goes quiet, crouches down next to the electrical panel, and takes a photo. Not two photos. One, very deliberate photo. If...
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